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THE CITY OF LARAMIE 



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Two railroads, with a third projected. 

Population of county (census 1905), 9,992. 

Acres of land in private ownership, 1,393,094. 

Public schools equal to any in the entire nation. 

Elevation, approximately, 7,000 feet above sea level. 

Three plaster mills, turning out a tremendous output. 

Cattle, 32,736; horses, 6,922; sheep, 87,888; swine, 245. 

A fire department that keeps losses at the very minimum. 

Acres of land in public ownership, approximately, 3,000,- 
000. 

A small tax levy, with maximum results for the money ex- 
pended. 

Climate, dry, healthful and invigorating, giving a death 
rate extremely low. 

First-class electric light system, giving motor power to 
many small industries. 

A coal mine within 23 miles of town, furnishing good fuel 
for commercial purposes. 

Two national banks, with capital of $100,000 each, and 
deposits approximating $1,500,000. 

A city where more people own their own homes than any 
city of like population in the nation. 

More than a score of secret societies, with excellent mem- 
bership — all leading orders represented. 

New and beautiful churches of many denominations, keep- 
ing up the religious interest of citizens. 

Large areas of lands susceptible of irrigation waiting th.e 1 * 
coming of the farmer and stock raiser. 



Two daily newspapers, something few, if any, towns in 
other states of the size of Laramie can boast. 

Stores in all lines of trade surpassed by no city of like 
population in the Rocky Mountain region. 

Seat of the University of Wyoming, with excellent equip- 
ment and competent professors in all branches. 

Miles of railroad, 109.57, divided as follows: Union Pa- 
cific, 79.57 ; Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific, 30. 

A first-class steam laundry, employing many people and 
making for itself a reputation throughout the state. 

A mutual building association that has been running for 
seventeen years, with large capital and exceedingly satisfac- 
tory results. 

An urban population (census 1905) of 7,601, to which 
must be added the large influx caused by the opening of the 
rolling mills. 

A gravity water system, supplying from mountain springs 
water of great purity and so cold that icing is unnecessary at 
any time of the year. 

A pressed brick plant, making brick of excellent quality 
from native shale. Many houses of worship, business blocks 
and homes testify to its worth. 

A creamery that is giving satisfaction to all customers and 
is furnishing a market to all those who are engaged in the 
keeping of cows. Output, about $1,000 per month. 

Division point of the Union Pacific railroad; large ma- 
chine shops; iron rolling mills employing hundreds of men; 
tie preserving works; biggest plant on the system for the 
cutting and storing of ice; railroad pay roll aggregating half 
a million annually. 

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IT is the purpose of this pamph- 
let to attract your attention 
only for a moment. If there 
is anything in it that appeals to 
you, make further investigation. In its compass only the 
briefest reference can be made to individual subjects, leaving 
those interested to make specific inquiry about resources to 



Your Attention Invited 




which their attention is drawn. 
The chief industry of Albany 
County is stock raising, and this 
is likely to continue to be the 
case for several decades to come. The development of agri- 
culture will only add to the permanence and profit of the 
stock raiser, for the Laramie Valley is destined to become one 

of the greatest feeding points 
in the entire west. Then our 
stockmen will ship the finished 
product to the markets of Denver, 
the Missouri Valley and Chicago, 
instead of feeders to the feeding 
pens of the Poudre Valley, east- 
ern Nebraska and Iowa. Gen- 
erally speaking, the combination 
of agriculture and stock raising 
forms the most profitable industry 
known to the nation, and here 
cheap lands, plenty of water and 
a favorable climate unite to in- 
sure the desired results. 

The Wyoming farmer is not 
subjected to the sweltering rays 
of a torrid summer sun. In the 
Laramie Valley men and horses 
are able to work in the fields with- 
out suffering from heat on the 
hottest days of summer. During 
a record of fifteen years the high- 
est record for summer heat has 
been 92 degrees, and this was not 
during the harvest season. It is 
possible to plow late in the fall 
and early in the spring in the 
Laramie Valley. 



A f TD TfT TT TT TDp Of the farm crops raised 
^VJIVIVj UJ-/ 1 U1\L successfully in the Lara- 
mie Valley and elsewhere in Albany County, perhaps alfalfa 
must be given first place. The acreage is constantly being 
extended and it is profitable not only in itself, but because of 
its great value as a soil fertilizer. Two crops are harvested 
during the season, making from four to six tons to the acre, 




and the price per ton is from $8 to $10. Oats have run from 
40 to 137 bushels per acre. The census for 1905 gives the 
average yield of Wyoming oats at 60 bushels per acre. 
Albany County oats took gold medals at both St. Louis and 
Portland. The prize oats weighed 48 pounds to the bushel, or 
almost 50 per cent more than the oats of the east. 

Wheat reaches great perfection in the Laramie Valley. 
A flouring mill constructed some 
years ago is being rejuvenated and 
it is planned to put it in operation 
during the coming winter. This 
mill is expected to not only grind 
flour, but it is the plan of the cor- 
poration into whose hands it has 
passed to put in machinery for the 
making of various kinds of cereal 
foods. The City of Laramie and 
nearby towns will furnish an ex- 
cellent market for the mill out- 
put — the by-products will be a 
distinct advantage to the stock- 
men of this vicinity. Several car- 
loads of seed wheat have been 
shipped in and the seed is now 
(April, 1908) being distributed 
among the farmers who desire to 
engage in the industry. 

Other excellent agricultural 
crops are barley, rye, spelts, field 
pease, potatoes, turnips, parsnips, 
sugar beets, onions, etc. In com- 
bination with alfalfa, barley has 
been found to be a most excellent 
grain for the fattening of lambs. 
Field pease are also of great value 
for this purpose. 



The Laramie Valley produces the heaviest grains in the 
world. Following are the records made at Chicago, St. Louis 
and Portland : Wheat, 66 pounds per bushel ; oats, 48 ; bar- 
ley, 56; barley (hulless), 67. 

But the proof of the pudding is in the eating. In competi- 
tion with the people of the earth, Wyoming agricultural pro- 
ducts have taken high place. At Chicago, St. Louis and 
Portland the awards on agricultural products 
were quite generally distributed to different 
sections of the state. Those who are interested 
can obtain lists of these prizes in reports of the 
commissions who had charge of the exhibits. 
The showing made by agricultural products at 
these fairs is a matter of much interest and value. 
At the Chicago Columbian Exposition in 1893 
Wyoming took high honors. Among the awards 
from Albany County at that time were medals 
and diplomas given the Experiment Station at 
Laramie on collection of grasses and forage 
plants ; on flax, both for seed and fiber ; while 
barley and other small grains came in for high 
praise. At the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position in 1904 the collective exhibit of grains, 
grasses and forage plants secured a grand prize. 
Mr. John McFarlane of the northern part of 
Albany County took a grand prize on specimens 
of brome-grass, which was one of the few prizes 
of this nature given to single exhibits. Mr. E. J. 
Bell took a gold medal on barley raised on the 
Millbrook ranch on the Little Laramie. The Jury 
of Awards determined that the heaviest cereal 
grains at the fair were those raised in the Lar- 
amie Valley. 

Seeds planted early in the Laramie Valley do 
not rot in the ground and second seeding is un- 
heard of. 



As a whole the soils of the valley are wonderfully fertile, 
as they have not been subjected to leaching by heavy rainfall, 
and contain all the necessary plant foods. 

Stock is healthy here and requires much less shed and 
barn room than in eastern states. Diseases of animals are 
rare, the dry climate and high altitude being conducive to 
health in domestic animals as well as in man. 




DEVELOPMENT 



Recently there has been 
organized at the City of 
Laramie a corporation that has taken over lands of the value 
of half a million dollars. It is the purpose of this large com- 
pany to develop irrigation enterprises of gigantic proportions. 
The" Haley ranch, the Riverside ranch, the lands of the Wyo- 
ming Central Land and Improvement Company, the Hoge 




ranch and the Pioneer Canal are the properties that have been 
taken over. The acreage is in excess of 100,000 and the water 
rights owned are among the oldest upon the Big and Little 
Laramie Rivers. If these lands were divided into 80-acre 
tracts, they would furnish homes for 1,250 families, or more 
than 6,000 people. 

Another company has taken over the Millbrook ranch and 
is selling it to homeseekers in small tracts. And 
still another company is contemplating the de- 
velopment of something over 50,000 acres, in- 
cluding the ranch of Mr. John Ernest. In the 
vicinity of Rock River 75,000 acres are being de- 
veloped. But detailed information relating to 
these numerous enterprises cannot be given in 
the scope of this small pamphlet. Make inquiry 
of the Laramie Commercial Club for specific in- 
formation relating to individual projects. 



FEEDING 



At Laramie the Union Pa- 
cific has established im- 
mense feeding yards and grazing grounds for the 
live stock traffic. Between 5,000 and 10,000 cars 
of stock are unloaded and loaded here each year, 
in addition to the traffic of local origin. Each 
year an increasing number of feeders is bought 
and sold here of the sheep and cattle in transit 
from the western ranges to the eastern feed yards. 
These conditions make this a point of great na- 
tural advantage for the establishment of the pack- 
ing industry. Our farmers are coming to realize 
the extraordinary adaptation of our climate, soil 
and crop conditions for feeding and fattening 
stock, and this branch of farming bids fair to 
overshadow all others. Alfalfa, field pease and 
other crops suitable for stock fattening purposes 
can be grown in great abundance. 



T JVp STOCK Is hi S hl y remunerative under 
- L/J - ▼ J-/ M i- v-/V-iX\. p reS ent conditions. A county 
that sends out prize-winners to fat stock shows also takes in- 
terest in high-grade stock of all descriptions, and high-grade 
stock means good conditions and good prices. In an article 
on the Fat Stock Show at Chicago in 1904, the Breeders' 
Gazette said of some cattle from the Laramie Valley : "The 
W. S. Vance yearling Herefords weighed 150 to 200 pounds 
heavier than the Texas stuff of the same age, indicating 
the superior maturing capability of northern over southern 
ranges." Mr. Vance took first prize in two classes against the 
entire nation. But, in spite of the splendid feeder show, prob- 
ably the highest achievement of all was the winning by E. J. 
Bell of the third prize in the grain-fed three-year-old class. 
Mr. Bell's cattle were fattened with nothing but the grass of 
these valleys, never having received a mouthful of grain, and 
yet won third prize. The first and second prize cattle shown 
by Funk Bros, of Illinois were bred in Montana and fattened 
in Illinois upon corn silage 
made from Funk Bros.' fam- 
ous high protein and high oil 
corn, and they were the only 
stuff good enough to beat the 
grass-fed cattle from the Lar- 
amie Valley. They sold for 
$7.20 (average weight, 1,499 
lbs.) and $7 (average weight, 
1,448 lbs.), while Mr. Bell's 
load sold for $7,. with an av- 
erage weight of 1,480 pounds. 
These winnings at the Fat 
Stock Show and the winnings 
on wool and grain at the 
Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 
tion at St. Louis brought the 
Laramie Valley to the atten- 




tion of the entire world, and a large portion of the prejudice of 
the past was overcome. 

One of the largest horse ranches in the west is located in 
northern Albany County, and there are several associations of 
ranchmen who have purchased imported Belgian sires and 
others who own good Percheron, Shire and Coach stallions. 
A few are now raising Tamworth and other classes of swine 
which are found highly remunerative fed on home-grown 
produce, and there is still room for considerable development 
in the swine industry, for in our high, dry climate they can 
be kept free from disease and other troubles, and our highly 
nitrogenous foods produce bacon and other products of first 
quality. 



W/OOT ^y ^ ar *k e § reater portion of all the wool 
Vv v_/v_/J_4 grown in the great sheep-raising region of 

the west passes through Laramie on its way to the east- 
ern markets. Experiments in 
scouring wool at the U. S. 
Experiment Station here have 
been most successful, and it 
has proved that the conditions 
for sorting, grading, scouring 
and packing wool for the mar- 
kets are very favorable. It is 
believed that the conditions 
for warehousing and for at 
least a portion of the manu- 
facturing processes are equal- 
ly favorable. The saving in 
freight, cost of storage, inter- 
est, waste and all the stages 
of handling and manufacture 
are so obvious as to attract 
widespread attention. 



FOR "RTTTT DTTvjn Buildin s stone of nearl y 

TV^IS. DU1LU11NU every d e S i r ed kind, from 
granites to the softer sandstones, lie east of Laramie along the 
Laramie Mountains and in well-nigh endless quantities. Two 
miles east of Laramie, on a spur of the Union Pacific, lie the 
limestone quarries which supply a number of the sugar beet 
factories of Colorado with the pure limestone, so necessary to 
the manufacture of sugar. This stone is also used 
largely in building operations, making an excel- 
lent foundation stone. 

The southwestern portion of Albany County 
extends into the Medicine Bow National Forest 
Reserve, where there is plenty of timber to be 
had for domestic and commercial purposes. Nu- 
merous sawmills operate both upon private lands 
and upon timber purchased from the government. 
This timber serves many useful building purposes 
and finds a ready market. 

Other building material, such as plaster, soda, 
sand, etc., might form the subject of an entire 
volume, but space forbids mention here. 

A short distance to the southv/est of Laramie 
there is a vast deposit of the finest quality of 
Niobrara shale suitable for making Portland ce- 
ment. This deposit underlies several hundred 
acres and has been fully tested by experts. 

F A CTOT^ TFS Laramie is in fact a 

*- -ry.^ J- v_y£Vl.L/>J natural manufacturing 
center. It has the greatest variety of natural re- 
sources in minerals ever found in equal area. It 
is already the chief manufacturing town in Wyo- 
ming and new industries are starting up each 
year. Its cement plaster is shipped, by three 
different mills, as far east as the Mississippi and 
as far west as the Pacific coast. Its clays and 



shales produce the finest brick in the west, and the materials 
lie at its doors, in inexhaustible supply, for the manufacture of 
natural Portland cement and sand lime brick. There is a call 
for smelters, iron and steel manufactures, tile, pottery and pipe 
works, lime and concrete making, tanneries, paint works, soap 
works, sash and door factories, glass works, gas works, power 
plants, etc. 




"\/l"TXTTXT/'~ ,, For thirty years mining has been carried 
-*• A-*- IN UN VJ on j n ^g Medicine Bow Mountains, to the 
west of Laramie and in the southwestern portion of Albany 
County. While there has been considerable lode mining, the 
■work has been for the most part upon placer claims along 
Douglas Creek and its tributaries. A very large amount of 
coarse gold has been taken from Moore's Gulch, Lincoln 
Gulch and Spring Creek. The Albany placers have given up 
some of their gold and work is progressing thereon from year 
to year. The Rambler mine, the Keystone, the Blue Jay, the 



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Centennial and the Strong are familiar names. In the north- 
eastern corner of the county there is a promising camp north 
of Laramie Peak, in the North Laramie Hills. Here the prin- 
cipal property is the Esterbrook. South of the Esterbrook is 
the Three Cripples, where a shaft is being sunk on a promising 
lead, which shows material progress with the depth attained. 
The spring of 1908 opens with considerable activity in the min- 
ing section of our county, and the prospects warrant the state- 
ment that we have entered upon a period of development that 
will not end till the Medicine Bow Range is compelled to yield 

up its riches. The minerals dis- 
covered are gold, silver and 
copper, with occasional finds of 
rarer metals than these. 

Coal has been discovered at 
many points in Albany County. 
The pioneers used to obtain it 
in the vicinity of Rock Creek 
when they were freighting across 
the Laramie Valley, using it for 
blacksmithing purposes. For sev- 
eral years the Fee mine on Dutton 
Creek was worked and the pro- 
duct sold in this city. The Vogel- 
sang mine, 23 miles west of 
Laramie, was worked years ago 
and is again being developed. 
Recent tests prove that the coal 
is equal for steam purposes to the 
famous Hanna product and that 
it is a good gas coal. The vein is 
eight feet in thickness and it is so 
accessible that there is promise of 
cheaper fuel for the city and a nice 
profit for the owners. The L., H. 
P. & P. railroad runs within three 
miles of the mine. 




T A "D AA/TTF Is a city of more than 8,000 inhabitants. 
- L,jr ^- C ^- r ^- L 1 - L - L/ It is the county seat of Albany County 
and the location of the State University, the Agricultural Col- 
lege, the U. S. Agricultural Experiment Station and the State 
Fish Hatchery. It is an important division point of the Union 
Pacific railway, which has its rolling mills, roundhouses, ma- 



tries, the city is becoming a manufacturing center. With its 
fine business blocks, public buildings, beautiful homes, trees 
and flowers, it is one of the most beautiful cities in the state, 
and none is more desirable in which to live. Building is 
continually going on, business is active, various new industries 
are continually receiving attention, and there is practically no 







chine shops, tie-preserving plant and feeding and shipping 
stock yards located here. The Laramie, Hahns Peak and 
Pacific railroad is completed west from Laramie as far as Cen- 
tennial, about 30 miles, and contracts have been let for the 
construction of the road a number of miles beyond this point. 
The Denver, Laramie and Northwestern is projected through 
Laramie. With its plaster mills, brick plant and other indus- 



poverty or illiteracy. The city streets and natural country roads 
are unusually good, and the city could hardly be excelled as a 
market place for the farmer and stockman to dispose of his pro- 
duce, or as an educational center in which to live in order to 
provide cultural advantages for his family. It is the seat of the 
University of Wyoming, an advantage that no head of a family 
should overlook when seeking a location for a home. 



What has made it the delightful home city of the west? 
Why do its residents love it and avow their purpose to spend 
their declining years within its limits? 

Laramie's situation is such that it is protected to a large 
degree from the high winds that sweep more exposed sections 
of the Rocky Mountain plateaus. On three sides it is hemmed 



fortable sleep at all times. This makes the Gem City an ideal 
spot for those who are compelled to flee from the torrid heat 
of the big cities. Here, either in the city or country, health 
and a feeling of contentment are restored to those who are 
worn out by the business cares and responsibilities of large 
interests and who seek rest and recreation. 







in by mountains. Old Snowy lifts its hoary head to the west ; 
the Medicine Bow Range circles around to the south, and the 
Black Hills lie to the east. All are beautiful ; all add to the 
magnificence of the city. 

The atmosphere at Laramie is bracing and invigorating. 
Its summer days are sufficiently warm to mature grains and 
vegetables, and its nights are cool enough to permit of com- 



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The death rate here is probably lower than at any other 
point in the nation. Perhaps our pure mountain water con- 
tributes largely to this result. No city has better water, and 
it is furnished to the consumer free. All that any user has to 
do is to pay for his lateral pipe and connections. The reservoir 
and the main aqueduct are absolutely free. No water tax is 
collected. 



WATER AND FUEL £2 



ime considera- 
tions in the life of 
the pioneer are water and fuel. The first thing settlers ought 
to ask when going into a new country is, "What kind of a 
water supply have you? Is it good for domestic uses as well 
as for irrigation?" The answer by an Albany County man is 
easy. The county is traversed 
from end to end by beautiful 
streams, whose waters are as pure 
as the mountain air. Wells are 
not used in the City of Laramie, 
the entire supply being obtained 
from the City Springs, which are 
located two and one-half miles 
to the east of the town. From 
these springs there is a constant 
flow of approximately 2,003,030 
gallons every 24 hours of water 
containing just enough lime to 
render it healthful. It is cold 
enough in the city system to ren- 
der icing unnecessary. 

Firewood is obtained from the 
Laramie Mountains, to the east 
of the city, and from the Medicine 
Bow National Forest, to the west. 
Settlers have no trouble in getting 
permits to use all the timber they 
require for domestic purposes. It 
is mostly pine and of good qual- 
ity. In addition to this supply, 
coal of excellent quality is near 
at hand and at low rates. Good 
coal is delivered at Laramie 
homes for $5 per ton. Coal suit- 
able for manufacturing purposes 



is sold for less money. The development of mines nearer 
Laramie than those at Hanna gives promise of a much lower 
rate. 

And thus are two of the most essential necessities for the 
comfort of the human being provided by nature with a lavish 
hand. 




C* T T"\T ATF ^~^ e h ea l trl an< ^ happiness of a people, 
Vjlill 1 Jrx. x Lj as we ^ as their success in agriculture, 
are closely related to the climate and weather of a region. In 
general, the climate is characterized by great dryness of the 
atmosphere, with a consequent large percentage of sunshine, 
cool nights, and never excessive heat during the day, while, 




contrary to what would be expected, the minimum tempera- 
tures at Laramie have not been so low as those either north or 
south of us. There is a large amount of air movement, but 
because of the high altitude and lightness of the atmosphere, 
there is seldom any damage resulting from wind, while the 
cool air is always kept pure and filled with electricity and 

ozone, which give it a snap at 
once energizing and delightful. 
The largest amount of rainfall 
comes in the spring and summer, 
when it is most useful to the 
farmer, and the falls and winters 
are so dry and open that bicycles 
and automobiles are used the year 
around. Seldom during the fif- 
teen years for which we have 
records has the maximum temper- 
ature, even for a single day, dur- 
ing the summer, reached 90%. 
The principal characteristic of the 
weather in the nature of single 
storms consists of an occasional 
heavy wind during the winter and 
spring months, sometimes accom- 
panied by snow. Such storms 
never last more than two or three 
days and the stock losses even on 
the open range are very light. 
It seems that all the factors of 
climate tend to produce quick 
growth and most nutritious stock 
foods. Chemical analyses of our 
forage plants indicate that they 
are unusually rich in protein, and 
digestion trials have shown them 
to be highly digestible. 



MISCELLANEOUS ItJ'Z 1^ £ 

live stock is not generally understood. This is due to the fact 
that wheat has always been considered human food and too 
valuable to be fed to stock. In the eastern states, where the 
average yield of wheat is from seven to twelve bushels per 
acre, the small production of grain on high priced land, and 
the presence of cheaper corn, has prevented the general use of 
wheat for stock. The use of corn for fattening stock has be- 
come so universal, and so little has been known of the feeding 
qualities of wheat, that stockmen generally entertain the 
opinion that they cannot fit beef, mutton or pork for market 
unless corn can be obtained. The finest meats in the world 
are produced in Scotland, where the animals are fed root crops, 
small grains and the by-products of mills. Scientific experi- 
ments in this country have proved 
that wheat is as valuable a fat- 
tener and meat producer as is 
corn, and that wheat bran is 
almost as valuable, pound for 
pound, as the whole wheat, when 
fed to cattle. 

Every year our ranchmen are 
growing better live stock and 
taking better care of it. This 
stock is now generally ranged in 
fenced pastures during the sum- 
mer and turned on the meadows 
and fed hay during the winter 
months. There is demand for 
feed which may be used to keep 
the young stock growing and to 
fit for market that which it is de- 
sired to sell. During the past 
few years hay in the Laramie 
Valley has been worth from $8 to 
$12 per ton, and much of the time 



it has brought even higher prices than this in the town mar- 
kets or as feed for stock on the ranches. In order to produce 
the best stock, it is important that some grain be fed with the 
hay, and it would be economy to feed more of the concentrated 
foods and less roughage. 

There are more than 1,000 varieties of wheat known in the 
world, and we have grown more than half that number at Lar- 
amie. All the different classes of wheat which are grown in 
various parts of the world succeed in the Laramie Valley. 

Several of the older writers on alfalfa made statements 
that it would thrive at any altitude below 6,000 feet. On the 
Experiment Station farm at Laramie it was demonstrated that 
the conditions were favorable to the production of alfalfa in 
the Laramie Valley, and now there are some extensive fields 
along both the Big and Little Laramie Rivers and under the 




Pioneer Canal. Where the conditions are favorable for its 
growth, alfalfa, is pronounced, without reserve, the most 
valuable fodder plant under cultivation for the arid region. It 
is so highly esteemed in other places that eastern farmers are 
overcoming the difficulty of growing it under rainfall, and it 
is becoming an important crop in almost every state in the 
Union. Its points of advantage over other hay crops are : 
First, its large yield per acre, returning two to three times the 
amount secured from native hay ; second, its hardiness and 
permanence after getting started, standing drouth well and 
giving maximum crops until at least seven or eight years old ; 
third, its high nutritive value, any kind of stock making flesh 
and fat upon it, and fourth, its fertilizing value, for, instead of 
impoverishing the soil, it enriches it by fixing free nitrogen 
from the air, leaving it in fine condition for other crops. 




At Portland in 1905 the Wyoming agricultural exhibit 
won 80 gold medals out of a total of 114 awards to the state. 
Our Experiment Station took the gold medal on its collective 
exhibit of grains.. Albany County, gold medal on collective 
exhibit of oats, flax, rye, barley, wheat and meadow grass. 
Mr. E. J. Bell of the Millbrook ranch took gold medal on white 
oats and hulless barley. 

An irrigation project under the Carey Land Act has just 
been initiated in the Laramie Valley. The lands lie in town- 
ships 17, 18 and 19 of ranges 74 and 75. Approximately 15,000 
acres of land will be irrigated by this one project. Water will 
be obtained from the Little Laramie River, using Lake James 
as a storage reservoir. This lake will store 41,000 acre feet, or 
more than enough to supply water to the lands under the pro- 
ject. The Carey act provides that companies may make con- 
tracts with states wherein the act 
applies for the building of irriga- 
tion works and the selling of 
water rights to individuals. The 
individual contracts with the irri- 
gation company and then files 
upon the land at the state land 
office. The price per acre under 
this act is 25 cents at the time of 
filing and 25 cents per acre at the 
time of final proof. The cost of 
water rights average somewhat 
lower than under the government 
projects. 

All grass crops and grains reach 
great perfection, producing large 
yields of the very best quality. 
There is nothing in the climate 
which interferes with health, and 
Laramie is gaining a reputation 
as a summer resort and sanita- 




12 FPT2 F A TTOXT A countr y th *t does not offer 
-L^ 1 ^^ -tVJ^^L X AW1N some source of pleasure to the 

homeseeker is not a good one for humanity, for what is life 
without some fun? The invigorating mountain atmosphere, 
the tang of the pine forests, the rippling, dashing mountain 
streams, the wildness of nature, are all an inspiration. Add to 
this the deer of the mountains, the antelope of the plains and 
the trout of the streams, and one has an ideal country for an 
outing. In certain sections of our county, too, there is an oc- 
casional bear, and mountain lions have had their hides nailed 
to the fence. To reach good trout fishing from Laramie is but 
an hour's drive in an auto and over the finest mountain roads 
imaginable. Hundreds of people bring back the glow of health 
and the power to renew the toil of business activity through a 
few days' outing along our mountain streams. In the way of 
small game the sportsman finds vast numbers of geese, ducks, 
grouse, sagehens, snipe and other game birds. The illustration 
shows some of the birds mentioned. 



Albany County is the angler's paradise. From a single 
pool the sportsman may take four different kinds of trout — 
the brook, the rainbow, the Lock Leven and the native moun- 
tain trout. Big ones, too. Trout that give the angler "a run 
for his money." In the early history of Wyoming there were 
no trout in the North Platte and its tributaries. Wise people 
said that nature had not planted them there because they would 
not live in those streams. Fortunately Wyoming had a fish 
commissioner who took no stock whatever in the opinions or 
the reports of the wise men who did not make personal investi- 
gation. The streams were stocked with trout and have proved 
wonderfully well adapted to the maintenance and propagation 
of fish. Every stream teems with the speckled beauties. 




T^^^TT^ ,, A TTOTM The schools oi Wyoming are 
LjLJV^jT\. 11W1N second to none, and in Albany 
County every facility is extended to the children, however 



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isolated are their homes, to secure an education. Schools are 
provided where there are even a very small number of pupils, 
and Laramie has three good schools, including a high school 

which fits the 
young people for 
the State Univer- 
sity. 

The University 
of Wyoming, lo- 
cated at Laramie, 
is an admirable 
institution, which 
offers splendid 
courses in litera- 
ture, science and 
art, as well as in 
mining, mechan- 
ical and irrigation 
engineering, agri- 
culture, music, do- 
mestic science and 
commerce. 

The University 
is founded and 
maintained for the 
purpose of being 
as useful as pos- 
sible to the people 
of Wyoming, and 
the various regu- 
lar and special 
courses carried on 
under the direc- 
tion of the faculty 
are of the greatest 
practical benefit. 



TRANSPORTATION 



The map on this 
page shows in a 

striking way the extraordinary advantages of the situation of 
Laramie in a geographical and transportation way. Midway 
between the Pacific Coast and the Mississippi Valley, on the 
main line of the chief road in the Harriman system, with many 
lines converging from the west and diverging to the east, and 
vice versa, there is no city in the 
west which has greater facilities 
for gathering materials and dis- 
tributing products in either direc- 
tion. 



Possibly local building, savings and loan associations have 
been responsible more than any other agency for this condi- 
tion of affairs. Since 1878 these institutions have been con- 
stantly lending money to the people of Laramie for the purpose 
of building homes. 

Old residents have more confidence now than ever before 
in the future of their city. 



With seven churches, splendid 
schools and the University of 
Wyoming, religious and educa- 
tional work are carried on in a 
manner entirely satisfactory to 
the most exacting moralist. The 
gambler is not permitted to ply 
his avocation, and the saloon is 
kept within proper bounds, being 
prohibited entirely on the main 
business streets of the city and at 
the same time compelled to pay a 
license sufficiently high to keep 
the riff-raff out. 

It has been stated that more 
residents of Laramie own their 
own homes than those of any 
other city in the entire west. 
Generally speaking, these homes 
are beautiful and commodious. 
Lawns are well cared for and 
there is an appearance of thrift 
and energy throughout the city. 




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WHAT WE NEED 



A man with $75,000 to invest in a good hotel. 

A theater with a seating capacity of from 600 to 1,000, 
built in a modern way. 

A thousand farmers to take hold of the irrigated lands 
that are being placed upon the market. 

Men with sufficient means and experience to properly 
develop the big cement proposition that lies to the southwest 
of the city. Portland cement is a commodity always in de- 
mand. 



Men of push, brains and foresight to aid in the develop- 
ment of one of the most beautiful valleys in the Rocky Moun- 
tain region. 

A practical glass man to rejuvenate the old works and 
make glass for the people of the inter-mountain country. We 
have the materials. 

Agriculturists who have had experience in combining 
farming with stock raising, as the valleys are specially adapted 
to this kind of husbandry. Stock should go to market fat. 



News item from state paper: "Dur- 
ing the month of March two of the 
plaster mills at Laramie shipped plas- 
ter enough to make four trainloads of 
more than forty cars each — trains that 
largest class of engines in service on the 
a total of more than 160 carloads." 

Further information furnished by the Laramie Commercial 
Club. 



JUST J± HINT 



were drawn by the 
Wyoming division — 



Quotation from the report of the 
Wyoming Commission of the Louis- 
iana Purchase Exposition : "Wyoming 
exhibitors received 125 awards, a larger 
number than any state or foreign country received in the two 
departments of Mines and Agriculture, where the Wyoming 
exhibits were shown, and the Grand Prizes awarded Wyoming 
grown grains were the result of actual tests by weight — for 
the excellent quality and size of the grain." 



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For further information in relation to Albany County or the State at large, address the 
State Board of Immigration, Cheyenne, Wyo. 



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